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Akbar Shakoor, MD

Languages spoken: English, Urdu, Hindi

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  • Dr. Shakoor specializes in medical and surgical diseases of the retina and vitreous. He also specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of uveitis and other infectious and inflammatory diseases of the eye. His primary clinical and surgical interests include retinal detachments, diabetic retinopathy, epiretinal membranes and macular holes macular and retinal degeneration as well as the medical and surgical treatment of ocular inflammatory diseases such as uveitis.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments - Primary

    Patient Rating

    4.8/5

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    November 25, 2022

    Dr Shakoor is the best!

    November 24, 2022

    Very good

    November 18, 2022

    This is the only facility that I will ever recommend.

  • Dr. Shakoor specializes in medical and surgical diseases of the retina and vitreous. He also specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of uveitis and other infectious and inflammatory diseases of the eye. His primary clinical and surgical interests include retinal detachments, diabetic retinopathy, epiretinal membranes and macular holes macular and retinal degeneration as well as the medical and surgical treatment of ocular inflammatory diseases such as uveitis.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments -Primary

    Education history

    Fellowship Ophthalmology, Vitreoretinal Diseases and Surgery - University of Utah School of Medicine Fellow
    Fellowship in Uveitis, Cornea and External Disease - University of California, F.I. Proctor Foundation Fellow
    Residency Ophthalmology - University of Virginia Resident
    Transitional Year - Indiana University School of Medicine Resident
    Fellowship Applied Physics laboratory under Dr. Mahnaz Shahidi and Dr. N.P. Blair - University of Illinois at Chicago, Eye and Ear Infirmary Fellow
    Medicine and Surgery - The Aga Khan University College of Medicine M.B.B.S.